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TWICE-A-WEEK VOLUME 52. CUBAN DISPUTE DISCUSSED BY CHAS.H. BRAND Ably Discuxed by Hon. Chas. H. Brand, Athena, Ga., Member of the Banking and Currency Com mittee of the House of Repres entatives, Washington Flays Harding in Virile Speech. The proposition involved in Shis resolution is a mater of interest to every member of this association, as well as to the 'Atlanta Federal Re serve Bank and the states compos ing the Sixth district. Besides, it touches, in a sense, tftTT interest of all the people of the cotton growing states, particularly the man who “follows the plow and bends over the hoe.” Most of the people who are back ing the proposition of the Boston bank to establish an agency at Cuba are more or less callous and indif ferent" to the farming classes of our section of the country. This may be due largely to the fact that they know nothing about their troubles. One has to live here with these peo ple, move among them, see and talk with them," in order to know their suffering and hardships, and partic ularly the sacrifices they have en dured since 1920 and are now en during. I hope a better and happier day is coming. If so, it will he largely due to a proper administra tion of the system by the Federal Reserve Board at Washington. Ii have never fought the Federal Reserve system as a member of Con gress, in or out of it, and yet I have arraigned the board, probably the first member of Congress to do so, for the deflation policy it adopted in 1920, which virtually destroyed the cotton groww and most everybody else dependent upon him. The mem ber banks of this district are not chargeable for this. The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank didn’t do it. According to information that has come before the Banking and Cur rency Committee of the ffouse of Representatives, the Sixth District. Federal Reserve Bank has been ad ministered more wisely, economical ly, satisfactorily, ad in the interest of the member banks and the people generally, than any other Federal Reserve Bank in the United States. I say this much in behalf of Gov ernor Wellborn and his cabinet and all those charged with the responsi bility of administering the bank’s af fairs. This policy originated at head quarters and Governor W. P. G. Harding, more than any other hu man being, is responsible for it. More values were destroyed by this policy, which was promulgated sud denly and secretly, than the calamity which followed Sherman’s “March to the Sea.” Men suicided all over this country on account of it; thousands went in to bankruptcy; men, women and children of both races have gone half clothed and hungry; people are suffering from the effects of this policy now and it will he many years if ever, before they get ove*-7E. 7. he master mind of the Federal Reserve Board even now as trying to manipu ate the policies of the board. He is trying to put over a proposition on the Atlanta bank which is outrage ous, and to be plain about it, I am afraid he is going to do it. Governor Wellborn and Governor Harding are both from the same state, both from the south, and yet Governor Harding is trying to take away from the Atlanta bank the right to establish a branch agency in Tuba and to give the Bootm bank, this privilege. Yet, when he was a member of the Federal Reserve Board, he advocated an expenditure of $400,000 for the purpose of erecting a building in Jacksonville to help expedite and carry on the busi ness of the Atlanta hank with Cubwr Besides, the Atlanta bank filed ap plication with the Federal Reserve Board to establish this agency two years before the Boston bank did. Everybody understood he was favor able to this proposition when he was a member of the board and yet he is persistently opposing it now when he knows the agency rightly and natur ally belongs to us and noc to Boston. The Cuban business belongs to the Atlanta bank and I contend it is un reasonable, unfair, and unjust for Governor Harding, as the nistrument of the Boston bank, to try to take this business away from the Atlanta bank. Another phase of this question is more important than the establish ment of the Cuban agency. It raises the question whether or not, occu pying the office of governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston at a salary of $50,000 per annum, he The News-Herald LooAtr*7ni« 1! INNING GAME FROMALLSTARS Lawrenceville annexed her second victory over the BeKalb All-Stars Saturday afternoon on the Camp Gordon baseball field in eleven in ning? by the score of 10 to 8. The game was featured by heavy hitting on both sides, and some mighty poor fielding. Ten errors were chalked up against both teams. The heavy hitting of Patterson for Lawrenceville and D. Britt for the DeKalb boys carried away the indi vidual honors of the day. The locals put th# game on ice in the eleventh inning, when McKelvey firsb up in this frome, drove a long double to center field and Patter son followed suit with one to the same spot. Jenkins drove Patterson home with a screaming single be tween second and first. A triple, double and single in the ninth inning accouted for the De- Kalb boys two runs and an extra in ning affair. This came after two were down. Lawrenceville will arrange several games within the next few weeks, and the support of the fans i solicit ed. Score by innings: R Lawrenceville 012 002 120 02—10 DeKalb 030 001 202 00— 8 The Child’s Own Fault Distracted Mother: ' Heavens! What happened to baby? How did the little tutsum get such a bruise on his head? Nurse: “Beg pardon, mum—but you said to let him play on the piano if he wanted to—and he fell off.” will still be permitted to dictate the policies of the Federal Reserve Board. The absent member, no longer officially conected with the board, is reaching across the states, with the back of his hand turned against his own people, in his mili tant efforts against the interest of the people and the member banks of the system in the Sixth district. The question arises, has Governor Hard ing such an influence over the Fed eral Reserve Board as to control its policies? When President Harding declined to reappoint Governor Harding a member of the Federal Reserve Board the country thought that his influence with the board ter minated. What does the Boston bank and Governor Harding mean anyway? What is behind the curtain? Who is playing the . «• me in Washington be hind the scenes in Boston? What has the Boston bank got in mind? Do they want to manipulate the price of tobacco in Cuba? Are they interested in the sugar speculators down there and the sugar profiteers here? If so, Governor Harding should be reminded that he is play ing with human life and the com forts and necessities of the men, wo men and little children of our coun try. Governor Harding should not for get that he was a party to the policy adopted in 1920, which decreased the price of cotton from 40c and 50c to 10c per pound. I have nothing against Governor Harding personal ly. I hope he may live a long time. But his official connection with the Federal Reserve Board in Washing ton and its affairs was ended by his fa-'are to be reappointed, and it ought to be permanently ended on account of the disaster visited upon this country three years ago. Secetary Wallace testified before out committee that the Federal Re serve Board could increase the value of the products of the farmer or de crease them when he saw fit to do so. Governor Harding was pesent when this statement was made. Mr. Wallace is a Republican and a very high class man. I myself asked him “Do you mean to say that the Feder al Reserve Board can, by a certain policy which it might adopt, run up the price of cotton to 40c or 50c per pound or run it down to 8c or 10c per pound?” and he said “Yes.” Governor Harding denied this state ment vehemently. This testimony confirmed ray conviction that the Federal Reserve Board held the pow er of life and death over all the peo ple, and for one I am against Gov ernor Harding having anything to do with the establishment of this bank in Cuba or having anything more to do with dictating the policy of the Federal Reserve Board. If the Board has the power to run up the price of sugar and other es sentials of life, or run down the price of cotton, the men who com pose it ought to have the interest of the people of the South at heart, and particularly the laboring men and the poor people of the nation at large. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEO RGIA MONDAY, JULY 23, 1923. VILLA KILLED BY BANDITS El Paso, Texas. —Three members of the band of bandits responsible lor the death of General Francisco Villa, his secretary, Miguel Trillo, and two bodyguards, were captured late Friday by a detachment of fed eral soldiers under oommand of Gen eral E. Marline, a short distance from Parral, according to informa tion received at Juarez military headquarters tonight. General Villa, Miguel Trillo, his 1 secretary; Rosalo Morales, one body guad and a bystander were killed in a fight in Farral early Friday morn ing. The killing was done by a hand of seven men. Following the killing, which is believed to have been the result of a political feud, a large number of Villa’s followers started fighting with .another faction,' says a report received here. General Martinez hastened to the scene from Chihuahua City and per sonally investigated the circumstanc es surrounding the killing of General Villa. Shortly after the arrival of General Martinez and a detachment of soldiers, the three men were ar rested and are being held in connec tion with the killing, according to in formation received by Alfonso Go mez, federal stamp tax collector in Jaurez, and former staff officer in Villa’s army. Colonel Dario W. Silva, former military secretary and close friend to General Villa, received word late Friday night from Chihuahua City that the identity of the slayers had not been established. Hot Legal Fight Looms In Murder Trial of Sheriff Lincolnton, Ga.—Prospects of one of the hottest legal battles ever fought in this section of the state is keeping interest in the case of W. S. Harrison, sheriff of Lincon county, and his deputy, charged with killing Frank and Wayne Cullars near here on July 4, at the highest pitch. Announcement has been made that William M. Howard, of Augusta, for mer congressman, and one of the best known criminal lawyers in the state, has been retained as leading counsel to assist in the prosecution of the officers. Word has come from apparently reliable sources that Len B. Guille beau, prominent Atlanta attorney, victor in many court fights, who was born and reared in this section, will be leading counsel for the defense. No move has been made by the de fendants for a preliminary hearing, ancj, the accused officers will be held in the Fulton county jail until such move is made, ®r until the grand jury acts. SCHOOLS ASK FOR BACK PAY Atlanta, Ga.—The house will be asked to take action on a resolution by Linder, Jeff Davis, stating that common schools of Georgia in the years 1922-1923 have received approximately $630,000 less than the amount appropriated them, and requesting that this sum be included as a deficiency allowance in the ap propriations bill. “Whereas, the common schools of the state have received a sum con siderably less for the years 1922-23 than was appropriated to them by the legislature of 1921,” reads the resolution, “and whereas, it is of most vital importance to the people of the state that the common schools should receive all the aid that the staet can give them; therefore, be il “Resolved, That tha general ap propriations bil car>-y a deficiency appropriation for the amount <.f $630,000, or such amount as the rt.t+o is due the com on schools un fit.. me law of ,oo'. 1921.” “■.• I<; intende it Ballard, of the •• .v.a school depart .1 , „ annou.ic d early in the session ho would at tempt to have the sea • 1 and r.fo.ro priation laws so amended the., n would be impossible for institutions to again lose a portion of their up propriHt-'on. POOR LITTLE RICH BOY DROWNS IN GOLD FISH BOWL Lodi, Cal.—Remas Hoffer, 1 year old son of Jacob Hoffer, wealthy vineyardist of this city, drowned in a old fgish bowl in his home here Thursday. The child’s mother found him head firgt i nthe bowl, which contained about four inches of wa ter. SEND US YOUR JOB WORK NORCROSS NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Garner, Raleigh Garner, Norcross; Mrs. William B. Rutledge, Duluth; visited Mr. and :#rs. Robert Lankford, of Tifton, Ga., and Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Collings worth, Omega, Ga., last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kent, Miss Louise Kent, Master Billie Kent and Paul Mitchem, of Norcross, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Abbott and Mr. and Ms. Ben Abbott, of Tif ton, Ga., recently. Watermelon season was in full tilt at that time and the report follows them home that so many were de voured by this north Georgia gang prices immediately advanced in that region. Our melons are late, but jtfst wait. Maybe they’ll be the bet ter. Miss Ethel Sparks, Mr. Walter Sparks and Mr. J. E. McElroy, of Norcross, Ga., went to Franklin, N. C., last Sunday. Mr. McElroy stopped over at Toccoa on the re turn for the round of entertainments' given by ToYcoa, Hartwell, Royston, Canton and Carnesville auxiliary to the press convention at Lavonia, where the editors were royally en tertained, after which the Georgia Railway and Power company were hosts for two days. f Editor Dan Byj-d, accompanied by Mrs. Byrd and the young “birds”, drove there in their car, meeting the Ga. R. W. and Power Co.’s guests at Tallulah Falls in time for the fish fry at Lakemont Thursday noon, some seven miles beyond the falls. Col. Byrd was very much in evi dence at the social functions at the Cliff House, hut was not seen by your correspondent next day at Tu galo dam. Mighty sorry he failed to reach Lavonia and auxiliary towns of Toccoa, Hartwell, Canton, Roy ston and Carnesville, each serving to queen’s taste in turn as hosts of the Georgia Press Association. Dan’s alright and Governor Walker dem onstrated good judgment, with which he is well stocked, in selecting this most popular Gwinnett county citi zen as one of his colonels. Mr. Maurice Nesbitt, from Ameri cus, Ga., was in Norcross last week in time to attend the Methodist Sun day school picnic at Grant Park, Norcross. Maurice is one of the eight sons of *Mr.»«nd Mrs. F. B. Nes bit, of Norcross, who with his moth er and Mrs. T. A. Rainey will motor to Macon this week and visit Ex- Lieutenant Noye Nesbit and wife. He then embarks for Detroit where another brother Verne S. Nesbit, re moved some months ago.as an em ploye of the Standard Oil Co., and where several other Norcross boys are at work. Dr. Frank C. Nesbit, the batchelor bother, whose office is in the Candle building, enjoys a lu crative practice in Atlanta, while El vin, who works for the Southern Railway at Commerce runs down often on Sundays. MR. WILL NIX IS BURIED AT SNELLVILLE The funeral of Mr. Will Nix oc curred at Snellville Sunday after noon, Rev. Herring, of Grayson, in charge. Mr. Nix, who was seventy-five years of age, dropped dead at his home near Grayson Saturday night. He is survived by his wife and other relatives. The deceased was an uncle of Col. O. A. and Col. W. L. Nix, of Lawrenceville, and a promi nent gentleman of his section. SPEEDS ON AFTER v AUTOMOBILE WRECK G. M. Gunter, of Washington, Ga., was placed under bond Sunday night after he had struck the Dodge owned by G. S. Montgomery and driven by Latham Winn, the accident occur ring in front of the R. Smith home. Latham Winn, according to eye witnesses, was driving the Dodge up the hill and Gunter in passing Winn hit the Dodge so hard as to throw it up out of the road and up the bank into the Smith yard. In the car with Mr. Gunter were several friends and the car immediately sped on. They were overtaken about six miles from Lawrenceville and brought back to town. Mayor Sammon took bond and also a deposit for the damages, Mr. Gun ter stating that he would be back here Tuesday. ATHENS DOG KIL7 ER TAKES OWN LIFE Athens, Ga.—W. H. Bruce, offi cial dog catcher for this city and nigh' watchman for a chemical com pany, shot and killed himself in his home in the presence of his wife, who begged that he “put the gun down.” Bruce, who was 64 years old, was the father-in-law of J. 6. Smith, killed in Greene county .sev eral weeks ago by federal prohibi tion officers. BARRETT SCO. RESIGN FRIDAY Augusta, Ga.—Rumors of the fi nancial embarrassment of Barrett & Co., local cotton factors, and re garded as one of the largest and strongest firmsin the south, came to a head Friday morning, when an nouncement was made on the New York and New Orleans cotton ex changes of the esignation of the firm due to its failure,to meet its ob ligations. Locally the news was con firmed in an interview with Frank H. Barrett and Co., who also stated that aeon ference'-was being held by the principal creditors with a view to preserving the assets of the firm and for the protection of creditors. The statement is made that the principal creditors of Barrett & Co., are large financial institutions in New York, Chicago and New Orleans and that Augusta banks are not in volved as the operations of the firm in its coton business were on such a scale that most of the financial ar angements were made with outside banking institutions. A statement was isued by the Au gusta clearing house association, composed of all the banks in Augus ta, to the effect that the announce ment of the failure of Barrett and Co., Friday morning in the New York and New Orleans cotton ex changes involved nol ocal banks as the principal creditors of this con cern were represented by New York, Chicago and New Orleans financial institutions. Local banking arrange ments only took care of the minor operations of this concern, as the magnitude of its business was such that it had to secure financial ar rangements in larger centers. Will Ask Probe Of Department Of Agriculture Atlanta, Ga.—Declaring that if he had been attacked in the way The Columbia Sentinel had attacked Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown in its columns, he would have used a gun, demanded an investiga tion or resigned from office, Rep resentative Stewart, of Atkinson county, announced on the floor of the house Friday that before the ses sion is over he will introduce a bill calling for a though probe of the agricultural department. Mr. Stewart read extracts from The Columbia Sentinel, and especial ly stressed one portion of the article which declared that J. M. Hillburn a former employee of the department, had been retained on the pay roll for a full month after he had ceased to do any work, and had been paid a month’s salary of $166.66 as reim bursement for a contribution he had made to CommissnJTier Brown’s cam paign fund. Commissioner Brown appeared be fore the house committee on general agriculture, number one, Friday morning to support of the bill of Mann, of Glynn, and Elders, of Tatt nall, providing for the distillation test for gasoline. The committee vot ed unanimously to report this bill favorably, and at the same time post poned action on a bill by New, of Laurens, which would reduce the num her of oil and fertilizer inspec tors in the state to three of each. Representative New afterwards stated that, inasmuch as several sec tions in his bill and the Mann bill covered the same ground, he probab ly would seek to amend the Mann bill ather than press his own. One point on which he plans to insist, is a reduction in the fertilizer inspec tion fee from 30 to 10 cents. 1 EASTERN TIME FOR ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga.—Miss Bessie Kemp ton, representative from Fulton county in the house of representa tives, Friday bill to give Atlanta Eastern standard time, instead of Central time as at pres ent. The bill was referred to the Western and Atlantic railroad com mittee, of which Miss Kempton is chairman. Miss Kempton, in discussing her bill, said that Atlanta is the only city of any size in Georgia which is not run on Eastern time, and de clared that as the capital of the state, and the largest and most pro gressive city in this part cf the na tion, this city ought to set the pace. The Englis apply the epithet of “ghoub” to the Americans who are hunting the bones of Pocahontas. But’s it’s all right to dig up Tut ankh-Amen, you know.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. DON’T LET YOUR CIDER BECOME INTOXICATING Washington.—Manufacture of ci der and other non-intoxicating fruit juices is authorized without the for mality of applying for a permit un der regulations issued today by Com missioner Blair, of the internal rev enue bureau, but persons who make them must add preservatives to prevent “further alcoholic fermen tation.” Fruit juices may not be lawfully used, the regulation stipu lated for beverage purposes after be coming intoxicating. Under a ruling superseded by the ne wregulations, manufacturers of fruit juices have not been held responsible for any natural reaction of the liquid. The new regulations define “ore served sweet cider” as that in which alcoholic fermentation has been pre-‘ vented by the addition “immediately upon pressing” of benzoate of soda in the proportion of not less than 4 to 4',2 ounces to each barrel of 50 gallons, or by immediate steriliza tion. The presence of four per cent of acetic acid will be considered as changing the cider to authentic vin egar. With regard to the home manu facture of non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices, the regulations say “Any person may manufacture cider and fruit juices for use ex clusively in home without obtaining permit or giving b,;nd. Such manu facture need not be done at the home of the product ' but such per son may take his apples or other fruits to a customer or commercial mill and have the juice pressed ond removed to his home, but such re moval must be accomplished im mediately after the juice is ex pressed.” The use of “dried fruits dande lions, rhubarb, etc..” for the produc tion of the “fruit juices’’ covered in the regulations i 3 specifically pro hibited. Provision is made, however, for the issuance of a permit to the 1 head of a family intending to pro duce in anv one year no*' to exceed ICO gallons cf a fru ; t juice, othe£ t ‘ an cider, any part of which maty ferment so as to contain as much as one half of one per cent of alcohol by volume.” Such householder is re quired to apply to the internal rev enue bureau for the regular formal permit “at least five days before commencing operation.” Warning is given that any person selling unpressed sweet cider, even though it is not intoxicating at the time of saie, to be consumed after an illegal dcoholic content ha developed is guilty of violating tha; secti-.’i of the prohibition law which deals with the sale of alcoholic beverages MACON BOY DIES FROM BROKEN NECK Macon, Ga.—Herman Collins, 10, son of Mr. and Ms. J. S. Collins cf 37 Brigham Payne’s Miil, died at the Macon hospital Thursday night from a fall from a pile of lum ber. The lad was playing on the lumber with other companions at the time of the accident. UNION PRAYER MEETING. Following is the program of the Union rayer Meeting to be held with Bay Creek Baptist church, beginning Friday, July 27th, 1923. 10:30. Devotional Rev. Job Still. 10:45. Organization. 11:00. Sermda —Rev. J. P. Mc- Connell. 1:45. Devotion—Rev. Harry Spi vy. 2:00. The New Testament Church, Its Authority, Its Mission, Its Respnoibility and Oppotunity— Rev. L. F. Iltrring and Rev. Mar shall Still. Saturday 9;30. Devotion by 9:45. The Relation of the Churches to Our Mission Boards in Wotid Evangelism—Rev. tV. S. Walker, Rev. C, P. McConnell. 11:00. Sermon by Rev. J. H. Webb. 1:30. Devotional. 1:45. Our Obligation to Coop erate With and Support Our Organ ized Work—Rev. W. S. Walker, Rev. J. 11. Webb. 3:15. The B. Y. P. U., Its Place and Its Value in the Church—Prof. Hawkins. Sunday 9:45. Devotional. 10:00. The Importance of the Sunday School in the Evangelistic Work of the Church—Bro. J. H. Mc- Gee. 11:00. Sermon—Rev. J. D. Bu rell. Adjourn. . 1 . • • 9 k twice-a. week ! GEORGIA EDITORS DISCUSS PLANS FOR CLUBHOUSE Tugalo, Ga.—The thirty-seventh annual convention of the Georgia Press association will probably re sult in the establishment of a sum mer clubhouse for the Georgia edi tors and others and the fraternity with the opportunity for members of the association to have land in the mountain country on which to orect summer cottages or camps or shacks if plans today talked over mature. They are likely to be consummated. R. L. Moss, owner of much moun tain land and the Tallui Falls ho tel, the Cliff House, owns one-third •interest in a 200 acre tract, the oth er two-thirds of which is owned by the Georgia Railway and Power company. Both have expressed' a wilingness and desire to give that tract for the purpose named, and definite plans may be soon uqder way for such an institution. The tract overlooks the old site of the once “Terrible Tallulah fails tempesta.” The press gang spent Friday at Tallulah, visiting the Mountain In dustrial school operated by the Wom en’s Federation of the state, the im mense Y. M. C. A. camps near the falls, the power houses and the dams at the falls and at Tugalo. The lat ter gigantic dam is in the midst of construction. In all the. company will have seven of these immense dams, the smaller giving 118,000 horsepower, when the present projects totaling $50,000,- 000 are completed. Then other ex tensions are planned. In an address President Arkwright said that the company will develop first the boundary rivers and will later begin developing more of the interior streams, that they may turn all their millions of power into Geor gia alone. The work of construction for the most part is being done by Georgians the engineers and superintendents comig from Georgia Tech and other Georgia schools. Presid'pfft Atkin son, of the board of du'ector3, de clared that his object is eventually to place lighting and power current on every farm in Georgia. The delegation of editors, more than 200 strong, made trips on the winding roads about the falls in au tos. Then specially constructed flat cars with seats and steps built for the occasion took them to Shepard camp for a great feast, then nine miles on the company’s railroad to Tugalo Junction were six Pullman coaches awaited them for the trip to Atlanta and then over the state home. ~ » , The convention has been, in many ways, the best ever held; in attend ance, the largest; in every way as fine and satisfactory as any. The new president, C. D. Rountree, fit Wrightsville, will soon announce his committees for the year and the dis trict vice presidents for the sub as sociations. "" u ’ “LOVE DOCTOR IS “ i ARRESTED IN S. C. Charged with using the mails to defraud in a “mastic love powder” scheme, W. Grant Thorpe, known to his “love patients’ as “Doc tor” Thorpe, has been arested in Greenville, S. C., by post office inspectors, aceordng to a tele gram received by Joe P. Johnston, inspector in charge, Monday fom Inspector Mansfield. Thorpe is said to have sold his merchandise in Georgia and ad joining states, traveling in much pomp and splendor as he peddled his wares from house to heuse. DECISION REVERSED. Atlanta, Ga.—For the third time the Georgia supreme court Monday reversed sentences imposed upon Lee Curry, a Toombs county man now in jail in Savannah for safe keeping. Curry has been tried four times, with three death sentences and one mistrial resulting. He is charged with the murder of Bur leigh Phillips. The chief ground for the reversal of the case yesterday is that a mem ber of the jury was an illegitimate third cousin of the slain man. The higher cout held that the relation ship was admitted and was not con tested by the state, though the ob jection was raised that such a rela tionship is not recognized in the law. Policeman—“ When you brought the would be suicide from the water, what did he do?” Rescuer--“As soon as I . had turned my back he hung himself from a tree.” “But why didn’t you cut him down?” “I thought he had hung himself up te dry.”—Kasper. NUMBER 76w